Oil v Climate: A typical argument is that Norway can extract gas/oil, even as a climate policy, since that replaces coal. 1) To which extent does this argument hold? 2) How much should we expect coal to decrease if we extract more gas/oil? 3) What are the impacts on green technology/R&D? 4) What is the evidence in the literature? 5) What is the evidence in the data? 6) What is the theoretical foundation for the claim(s)? 7) How should these arguments/evidence affect our policy regarding oil sand extraction, for example? Interesting? Contact Bård Harstad [email protected]
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Oil v Climate: A typical argument is that Norway can extract gas/oil, even as a climate policy, since that replaces coal. 1) To which extent does this argument hold? 2) How much should we expect coal to decrease if we
extract more gas/oil? 3) What are the impacts on green technology/R&D? 4) What is the evidence in the literature? 5) What is the evidence in the data? 6) What is the theoretical foundation for the claim(s)? 7) How should these arguments/evidence affect our
policy regarding oil sand extraction, for example?
REDD+ Contracts: Norway has REDD+ contracts for the conservation of tropical forests with Brazil, Guyana, Indonesia, etc 1) Analyze the details of REDD-contracts using economic
tools: Describe the details of the agreements, discuss them, and perhaps compare the details across countries as well as compare with the REDD contracts offered by other countries/WorldBank/UN.
2) How have the contracts/details changed over time? 3) What can be the rationale for the details/differences in
1) and 2)? Do they make sense? Use economic analyses.
4) Which agreements have been successful? Or, according to which success-criteria have the contracts worked?
5) Can you derive/document suggestions for improvements?
2) Find a supervisor from OFS and let them know you want to apply for a
scholarship
3) Use your research proposal in your application for the scholarship.
Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research
www.frisch.uio.no
- Oslo Centre of Research on Environmentally friendly Energy
Scholarships for master students writing thesis in energy- or environmental economics
Frisch Centre
1. Background • CREE - Oslo Centre for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy
is a research centre for social science-related energy research funded by the Research Council of Norway.
• The main focus is on economic research as the research partners include the Frisch Centre, Department of Economics (University of Oslo), the Research department at Statistics Norway, and Tilburg Sustainability Center (the Netherlands).
• Our portfolio is divided into five working packages studying international climate and energy policy, innovation and diffusion, markets and regulation, evaluation of policy measures, and development of numerical models.
Frisch Centre
2. The scholarships
• Every year CREE gives up to three scholarships of NOK 20,000 each to master students writing a thesis on subjects within the research interests of CREE (see the project plan at http://www.frisch.uio.no/cree/docs/Final%20proposal%20to%20RCN%20-%20CREE.pdf)
• Priority is given to students of economics at the University of Oslo. Students who plan to write their thesis in 2014 are welcome to apply.
• Those who receive the scholarship will be offered an office and a supervisor at one of the Norwegian CREE institutions.